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BRAIDING MACHINE.

No. 468,997. Patented Feb. 16, 1892.,

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INI/Ewan' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILHELM MUN DT, OF' NEW YORK, N.

BRAlDlNG-VIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,997, dated February16, 1892.

Application filed October 7, 1891. Serial No. 408,007. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, #may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELM MUNDT, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York city, in the county of N ewYork, in the State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Braiding-Maohines, of which the following is a specication. n

This invention relates to improvements in that class of machines thatare used for making braids, and are constructed with a series of notchedwheels mounted on the same shafts with engaging cog-wheels or any otherdriv-l ing-gear, said notched wheels serving` to carry spool-holders inserpentine curves around ixed spool-holders for the purpose of producingthe proper unlocking and binding of the threads forming the braid. Saidnotched wheels are usually made for a certain kind of braid, and onlythis certain kind of braid can be made on the machine.

The object of my invention is to provide a braiding-machine on whichdifferent kinds of braids can be made without requiring all the wheelsof the entire train to be changed, all that is necessary being to make achange in the end wheels of the train.

My invention consists in a usual braidingmachine having notched wheelsprovided with additional notches, the end notched wheels being readilyremovable, so that they can be replaced by Wheels lwith dierent notches,ac-

cording to the kind of braid to be made.

The invention also consists in the construction and combination of partsand details,

which will be fully described hereinafter, and

' finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the gearing ofmy improved braiding-machine, the top plate in which the guide-slots areformed being removed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of part of the base-plate,showing the slots for adjusting the end wheels. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof` part of the gearing for making a certain kind of braid. Fig. Liis aplan view of part of the bottom plate of the machine, showing dierentend Wheels from the construction shown in Fig. l for the purpose ofmaking different kinds of braid. Fig.

5 is a plan view of part of the gearing corresponding to Fig. 4. Fig.Gis also a plan view of part of the bottom plate of the machine, showinganother arrangement of wheels for making still another kind of braid.Fig. 7 is a plan view of part of the gearing for the arrangement shownin Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a plan view showing the adjustmentof the end wheelsof the train of gearing. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the top plate, showingthe detachable section for guiding the end wheels. Fig. lO is a planview of said detachable section. Fig. 11 is an enlarged detail sectionalview on the line 1l ll of Fig. l, showing the arrangement of the wheels.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the base-plate A the spindles B are fixed on a circular line in themanner as customary in braiding-machines, and on each spindle B a sleeveC is mounted. On the bottom of each sleeve C a cog-Wheel D is formed,and on top a notched wheel E. All the notched Wheels E, with theexception of the end wheels, are provided with eight notches, of whichfour are arranged quarter-circle from each other, and of these twodiametrically-opposite notches a have an additional notch b at eachside, so that four of the notches are separated a quadrant and sixnotches are separated from each other a distance corresponding to an arcof thirty degrees. I have shown nineteen notched wheels, where it isevident more or less may be used, as may be desired. The top plate F isprovided with a series of adjacent openings F in the usual Way, belowwhich openings the notched wheels E can rotate, and on the upper end ofthe fixed spindle B plates A3V(shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2) areheld, which with the edges of the openings F guiding the movablespool-holder. The end Wheels E of the-train-gearing yare made integralwith a sleeve C, at the bottom parts of which a cog-wheel D is formed,said sleeves C being mounted on the movable spindles H, which passthrough the slots I- in the base plate and are locked in the desiredposition by means of the nuts J.

form the slots in the usual mannerfor wheel D must have forty-two.

As shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3, the machine v, is adjusted for .makingso-called Hercules braid, and in this case the end wheels E have sevennotches, forming seven wings between thenotches, and the gearing must beso arranged that the lower ends of the spool-holders pass into notches ain the wheels E, that areseparated from each other by segmentscorresponding to sixty degrees--thatis to say, the notches into whichthe spool-holders pass must be one-sixth of the circumference of thewheel from each other. For example, in Fig. 1, for the first wheel E thespool-holder would pass into the notches marked l, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 andthe notches 4r and 8 would not be used, and every time that the wheel Emakes a seventh of a revolution the first wheel E must make one-sixth ofa revolution, so that the notches a a of the Wheels E and E willregister to permit the lower end of the spoolholder to pass from thenotch a inthe wheel E into a notch a or b of the iirst Wheel E. As theother wheels E are all geared alike, it will follow that the notches 1,2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 of each Wheel E are used for this kind of braid.

In order to rotate the wheels E and E at the. proper speed, theproportion of the gearwheels D and D corresponding to the wheels E and Emust be as six is to seven.l For example,.if the cog-wheel D hasthirty-six teeththat is, six to each subdivision-then the cog- Thecogwheels D remain permanently in the machine, but the cog-wheels D arereplaced with lthe corresponding wheels E for the certain kind of braidto be made. According to the diameter of the wheels E D the spindles Hmust be shifted in the slots a greater or less distance from the firstWheel ED.

In the construction shown in Figs. 4t and 5 so-called binding-braid7 isto be made. In this arrangement the wheels E have five notches a, andonly the four notches a of each wheel E are used, which notches are aquadrant from each other. The notches 2, 4, 6, and 8 only are thus used,and thenotches 3, 5, 1 and 7 are idle; or, in other words, the wheels Emust take one-fifth of a revolution every time the wheels E make aquarter of a revolution, and for that purpose the proportion of thewheels E D to the wheels E D must be as 4 is to 5. As each wheel E D inthe machine has thirty-six teeth, as previously mentioned, the wheels Dnow used must have forty-ve teeth, in contradistinction to the wheels Dused in the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 to 3, which had only forty-twoteeth. The spindles H must thus again be moved a greater distance fromthe fixed spindles of the end wheels ED.

Figs. 6, 7,- and Sshow the arrangement for making diamond braid. In thisconstruction 4the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth notches a of eachwheel E are used, and the wheel E must have six notches and must makeone- `well-known manner.

sixth of a revolution. The'pro'portion of the wheels D to D and E to Emust be as four is to six, and as the wheels D have thirty-six teeth itfollows that the wheels D must each have fifty-four teeth. The wheels Eare now of such a diameter that they are in contact with the end wheelsE and also with each other, and the direction of movement of thespool-holders is not reversed at the end of the `train of gearing, asshown in Figs. 1 and 4,

but the spool-holders continue on, traveling in the same directionaround the machine. Itis evident that for each change made in the sizeof the wheels E E and corresponding Wheels D D the spindles H must beshifted, and likewise that. part ofV the top platesF in which the wheelsE E revolve must be adjusted accordingly. To permit of such anadjustment said top plate is provided with an opening M, in which thedetachable plate N, provided with fastening-clips O,-

fits. .Every time the wheels E D E D are changed the detachable plate Nmust be removed to be replaced by another corresponding plate.

P P P P are cog-wheels engaging some of the wheels D and are driven bybeveled gearing Q from the driving-shaft in the usual By thus merelyinterchanging or replacing the end wheels of the train of gearing themachine can be used for making different kinds `of braid withoutrequiring any adjustment or change whatever of the remaining parts ofthe gearing and without requiring the detachment of lany parts of theframe. This change can be made in a very short time, and thus thismachine can be used for the same purposes forv which formerly threedistinct and separate machines were used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A braiding-machine constructed with a row ofengaging cog-Wheels, a corresponding row of notched wheels united withthe cogwheels,said notched Wheels each having four notches separated aone-quarter circle from each other, and at two ot' said notches locateddiametrically opposite each other an additional notch arranged at eachside of each of said two diametrically-opposite notches, substantiallyas set forth.

2. A braiding-machine constructed with a series of fixed spindles,engaging cog-wheels mounted on the xed spindles, a notched wheel unitedwith each cog-wheel, and two adjustable spindles, each having acog-wheel and a notched wheel and adjacent to each other and to thefixed spindles, substantially as set forth.

3. In a braiding-machine, the combination, with a plate provided withslots, of a series of fixed spindles, a cog-wheel, and a notched wheelmounted on each spindle, two adjacent spindlesl passing through slots insaid IIO plate, in which slots said spindles can be moved toward andfrom each other, lneans for locking the spindles in place, a cog-Wheelon each spindle, and a notched Wheel connected with the cog-Wheel,substantially'as set forth.

4. The combination, with a base-plate provided With slots, of a seriesof fixed spindles, a cog-Wheel and a notched wheel mounted on each fixedspindle, two adjacent spindles passed through slots in said plate, inwhich slots they can be moved toward and from each other, means forlocking said spindles in place, a cog-Wheel and notched wheel on eachadjustable spindle,a top plate in which the notched Wheel can rotate,and a removable section of said top plate fitting in an opening in saidtop plate and also having openings in which the notched Wheels on theadjustable spindles can rotate, substantially as set forth.

5. A braiding-machine having a train of engaging cog-wheels, a notchedWheel connected with each cog-Wheel, and adjustable spindles for the endWheels of the train of Wheels, said Wheels being interchangeable,

OSCAR F. GUNZ, CHARLES SOHROEDER.

